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NAVAL NEW. PLS.llolPril a itqui :3.—Arrived the joitrpher, THRBILCoCK, frunt Sw4llSea. 81.1erl the Supply (Naval TrAnsport),tafit..Cow, for 11•.:!,emer, , . Arrived to e Swedish Ship Gustavus, JACOlibbl, Master, front St. Bartholomew's, laden With cotton and rice, bound to liverpool ; was captured by a French Letter of Marque, and recaptured four days after by 'his Majcary's Ship Hindastan. Sailed his Majesty's • Ship iffarltorovgh, of 74 guns, for Portsmouth. Arrived the. Kin p , George Cutter from L'Orient. Sailed the Adzi/k, 74 i for Portsmouth. \ • Pt. Rrs MOUTH, J 7'l 4.-11, following Ships sustained da►uago io the gale olyesterday, viz. The Ain an►l ;Vary, HuNnerisort, bound to Gibraltar ; /Drummond, ; Lhar.es, FucST ; Hannah, , Lt.xs ; AlunarcA, J OWLS ; Setenm of Hull (which is . on shure) ; the whole of which have lost anchors and cables. Sailed his Majesty's Ships Tribuno and Champion on a mite; and La ilgche, fur her station off To tbay. . • Arrived the Sisters, Wont), from Deptford ; Thomas, NiTtutir.sotl, from Sunderland; Borough, 65011, from Sunderland ; Benjamin, Tnust from London ; Nancy, 13.01 zs ; Nartha, Burr Glum ; from London ; from Vigo. SIIHERNESS, Just 4.--Sailed his Majesty's Ship crocodile to Y ar mouth. Came down the River the Hudson 13: , :f Ships, to wait convoy. The Mercurius is appointed to sec them to a certain latitude. - Sailed his Majesty's Ship St. I>nningo for the towns, where the takes the Flag of Sir ItictiAltp STRA.CLIAN. o p FOR HU RIAJLSTY'S BIRTH-DAY, BY HSNItY JAMISS JYE, r$Q. Po ea LAUItEAT. "•. While Europe with dejected eye Veltolds around her ruial reign Whilom of Peace the fair domain, the sant: pfdrsolation lie ; Or if with irenttleling hope she cast Her look on hours of glory past ; And burn again with vittuoin: 'tame Her ancient honours to reelaimn, And brace the corslet on herbreast, ' Andra* the spear and wave the ,ziesi ; Vet 'lei her course thro' War's i;:f;:iigUin'cl flood ; Yet mu.a she win her way thro' carnage anti alto' blood. Ah I happier, Britain. o'er thy plain t till smiliug Peace and fteetlom reign. Arid wl,tir thy so.is with pitying eye Behold the fields of ruin round them lie; The storms that sluica each neighbour-realm with fear, Like distant thunder die upon the car ; They bless the halcyon that gave. To iule a -people fre-4 and brave, A patriot, Monarch al e l their, own, 'Their swords his .i1(1 their hearts his throne. And while to this auspicious Jay 'The Muse devotes her ti Clam my lay, A nation's Tows in choral. Pxan jo;r:, And consecrate to fame ver4as . rnesn as. mine.' Vet not to selti.,ll thoughts coifted, • . Are . the, %%arm ttelings a the virtuous inipul : 'Theßoyttl Patriottvliite ht Peace o'.r his realms I:rr ditft;se, .Mourns tor the Su:rows . Go tottlt, my sotis,ll; ctie; ; my lkiitoti>, go, rescue lit,ropit (rum her ruthless foe,. ileitoltl, 4,114. Aostfla's..liftlpOrtiti Lord; Behold thrrit tir. tv th' avenging sword 9 let with theirs your nsigns In the reatcriuse•of I.lotrty ; • ' Go forth, mi sorts, and to the w6cht declare, When sintering Frvedurn calls, Ilritannia's :inns there. The Gazette of Saturday, contatus three Orders in.' Council: -The- firsrreist es • to, the trade bb weer 1-1011 and and the United •Erefes,' zero directs that the Island of Walt:here!), Air any nort• or place sou.ih of, it, 6_ 13 41 td aece - ssibie to.Americati resselt. Th6' Steand Order in , Catricil declifres, , that the'ly.ide to, and froth Heligoland shall .betscolitined to British, vessels, except in cases where his .Majesty Indy be Pleased by his special licence otherwise to pc nnit.— Ile third takes (dam quarantine on vessels cu.niug frOrU Stockholm and Cariscrona. CAPTAIN BbaCLAY.-..allib pedestrian, started, as ve anticipated, at twelve o'clock on Thursday ;light; and at that hour yesterday he was , pursuing . • his task, in full health and spit its. The Captain ' 3 backed freely to London, at six to four, although a task equally dialer:lc was never performed by man. The records of sportiog,gives us to understand that ai Pedestrian, of the itaia:t Of Jones, attempted to 3 a mile an hour for a month ' but he performed Mg than tfit ee weeks. Captain B. lies apartments att , he house of Buckle, the jockey; and his half 'mile out is measured from his parlour door down a We leadi ng t o the Nol-thward of the course. lie iives well, and takes about aa hour and a hall rest at a time. - Letters of a late date from Buss= mention, that, forMitlable insurrection had broken out in Gecirgia, ballug for its object the independence of that , court- 11 7. The pxtriotic flame burst forth in various Quarters at the same instant, and we lament to find 't was disgraced by the murder of several Ruisian and •French traders, &c. Through the same chan nel we learn, that some battalions of . Persian troops, 'fended by ificera of rank 'and •consideration, had joined the Wababees. Madame CATALAN? has made an engagement • with Covent Garden Theatre for 4000 guineas and twe vicar benefits, guaranteed to produce to her "00 gaitseas each. All the paragraphs about. her. goin g abroad" were obriously without foundation. Coati Excnitios, JUNS I.—The fresh arrivals °I Wheat to-...dity make the supply but inconsiderable, and film samples fetch an advance Of is. and 23. per quarter is cheaper; Barley fully at last prices ; salt rather ewer • White Pease are desire! ; Beans °( t 49 two descriptiom'liketeife there are.consider -4bl;r4Ulaining i - but those of best , 'Panty are hi g h er ; Flour at ouzlast .week's prices. Enim C.ti.Zl',l Queen's Palace, Jrate-t, tsufj. This' day his Eicelleney — Don Pedtti de Cevd!!os, Ambatsador Extraordinary frwn the.Supreine Junta in Spain, a&tng in the natue of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, had, an audienceof lease" of her Majesty : • And the Prince de Stahremberg, Envoy Extra. ordinary and Minister Plenipoti•ntiary from tile Ern; peror of Austria, had his fintt private aud:ence of her Majesty : • To which they wereTelipetclively introduced by the Earl of Motion, Lord Clunatberlinn to her Majesly, and conduiied by Sir Stephen COttreil, Kat. Master of the Ceremonies. • Downing-Street, .1" ore 2, 1800. A Dispatch, of which the following is a 'copy, has been: received from Lieutenant-General Sir George I Beckwith, K. B. Commander in Chiet of his, Net ', jesiy's Forces in the Leeward Islands, by Lord Vis coutit Castlereagh, ono of his • Majesty's Principal L Secretaries of. State. . Fort Royal, Martinique, It l\ LORD, April la, ISO 9, The French Squadron, Consisting of three Sail of the Line and two Frigates, from L'Orient, having taken shelter in the Saints, in the vicinity of Guade loupe, where they were bliickaded by Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane with a superior farce, I de tached a corps, at hetWeeu two and three thousand men, under the command of Major-General Mait land, to co-operate with the Navy in the reduolion of. those binds, to destroy or capture the Ships of the enemy, or to force them to sea. I have tie satisfaction to report to your Lordship, for his Majesty's itiformatioa, that after three days of great toil and most a6t;ve service, the torts were reduced, and the troops surrendered prisoners of war. The French Ship's of the Line pushed•to Sea early ,on the. night of the 14th; and the I 6th the Admiral was within four miles of them, and I trust; will be enabled to bring them to.close action., I have the honour to inclose the Major-General's neport upon •the honourable termination .91 .this service ; anti I beg leave to recommend to his Majesty's favourable consideration, the meritorious services of this General Officer, not only in the present instance, vheie he held a distintt command, but for his general good conded during the whole campaign. Tie:Officers of all ranks have done their duty iw an exemplary manner, and the troops employed upon this service have maintained. that. superiuzity which has distinguished this army during the whole series of our operations since our departure front Barbadoes. 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Slgned). Goa.).. BECKWITH. The Right lion. Lord Viscouni Castlereagh, icce. • . SIR, Camp at the Saints, April 18, :Seg. I stave the honour to transmit you a report of the proceedings of his Majesty's troops de 3Clled for the tcdtithon the Saints. We from .Fort ßoyal ity, on the 12th; Captain,. Beaver, of fiis Majesty's' Ship ,Aosta, who Was Commodore ot the division,. left the Squadron under charge of Captain CartheW, 'of his Msjesty's Ship t;dotr.f, aud went , forward to meet Rear- Ai • xauder Cocnrane: The 13th was vi-4:a in examining the enemy's positions, and IQ tuakins- eiTangenients., ' - nie.O:senitmrkatiou was fixed to' he at six o'clock the.l4th;;but a bad night bepi rateA By tee tlie7 were . colleiSted.§y6tt after the "Aca,,tl tiirongli a very narrow chars-: nel:VOili'h was irioyed on' each si:.le. `Die Narcissus, and Circe. followed ;Icie Intrepid of apt hour after, btu. the D,lpl;innottn;t:i . :,ext day.--- Nis Alajcsty's S;iips ancliori.tt opposae'to the little 11.1y•Buis' The...landing was ine.itit. to have ' [Seen at the next to the east veal caned Ance oovre. .As much time; it was then seen, wouldbe lost by 'perseveritig to go t o otici Vanovre, .liecituso thetoats would have had a long row ag,iii:t wind and. current Arelanded . ,at Ance Bois July; a secure. lnding, thrmieh, stony Leach,' protected ;by the bre of the IfrOtes. We eXperienced no opposition, except a cannonade from the Islet of Cahfit, the guns of which fired over the ridge among the Shipi#''.l When advanced to the 'first ridge, we found the' enemy occupied the great tuotnituin, which is above eight hundred feet 'high,' called Mount Russel. Thia ;was untnediatt;lf on Our fight, nor could we ad vance: Thal - title Companies of the 3d and of tho 4th ,battalions.6oth regmeni were ordered 'to dis lodge the enemy. The exertion of rheseeopp 4 hies under Captains Dolling and Lupton wa*great 3 the ascent no less steep. than an angle of filly 'degrees, 'covered with bush and prickly pears. They mein gal lantlfetfeEted.t he service,, and drove back the ene my, who suGred coniderably. The rifle compa nies were juppotted to their tight by the rifle coin ! 'panies of the 3d West India regiment and one com piny of the itoyal Ynrk ftingers,led by Lieutenant- Colonel Campbell, DeputyAdJurant•General, whom i detached for this service, ,We had now a strong position. Before us were the tmettiy'a 'three torts, showing stout garrisons, and three. Line of Battle Ships, and two Frigates in the harbour, , The large, Ships very lull of men. We thund, however, we could not advance without being flanked On our left, by the fort on Isle de Cabrit. TWo'eight-inch howitzers were . itntuediately . landed, - , a battery quickly constructed by Lieuteearn pobbs, of th e 11.4a1 Engineers. Brigadier. ts'eneral, Stehelin of the ' Royal ArtilWcy, and all his ()dicers an men were. most strenuous, and bothre six 41!at - eveiiing our tery opened on. the enemy's Squadron at a, very fair distance: About an hour utter them were indication! that the French Squadron was about to push out, and by eight it, vitas not doubtftil. . Nut a moment wag )oft ; Captain De Courcyot the Quarter-Master Genetal's department, was 'sent by we to Captain Beaver, of the ACaita, and We ivied :Six roc kets .frotn:a headland at five minutes interval,. being the !Lanai• fixed ort..hy the Admirat.- 'About ten at night . "the three French Line of Bottle Eihip4 .were seen to go through the wilidward.passage... Next fliorningi the 15th inst. the Intrepitilvastireotily Line of Bat Ile Ship in sight. • The difficulty of advancing on. the , west side of the island, fercA us to te-endeirk . the greater }-art of our trr,:.;:-, !,) 1.1111 at Ance Vaiiovre, tiui e.s the enetey'occupted '1 `ltentigand conmianding position on, the east .side of this biy a laiitelum 7 Colonel l~ip(fi. chmOlttioz or• the &Meet regiment; ,ttll,l thi: two rifts: coti:panies of the Afijor Henderst;* with the reserve, *ere ordered ..to descend too' - Morrie Russel:te proted the landing ; and tu-digledge the enemy. - This %las well executed; and we gailled a fwaurable positidn, , whence (km , niortari could reach Fort NTolenn at a ..,proper distance; as t; ell as the fort on .the Islet. A Mono r battery of, two thirteen-inch, and 'kik ten inch was immediately begun, and carried on with, unretnitid- exertions ;- , -ell..enr men Volunteeting t every labota, Bdvreen,ilie enemy's forts,:Napoleon • and 'lNflere.lle, and a middle ridge, Which was on the back of the town, and held by the pne•- : my. °friths night 'of the 5 tl,.'n strong plequet of the eneruY:s was surprised by iwo companies of the •Royal :York Rangers, coninrandecl ny Capt. Starke; ;, -and Lieutenant White. 'fire French had one officcr aud.seventeen men bayonetted, and twelee prisoners Were brought away. This atiair was.highly credit• able to the officers named. The night following we determined to occupy the middle ridge, and confine the enemy within his : works. , Major Alen was or dered with the two flank companies of the. 3d West India, and a flank company of the Bth West India for this service, he ras supported by part of the . Royal York .Rangers under Major Henderson. The position was taken up without opposition, but about eight next morning the enemy advanced from Forts Napoleon and Morelle to recover this ground. A sharp aetion took place, the whole of the York Ran gers, and the rifle coMpanies of the both, supporting our Black troops. ,The ground lay open in great part to the grape shot 'from Forts Napoleon and -Mo.. relic, and to-round shot from Wet de Cabrit ; but t all our ,troops were undaunted;--none were mote brave or active than the.ll,ink companies of the 3d West India regiment; and a flank company of the Bth West India under Major Alen. The enemy was driven back withloss;and:otir'possession of the ground completely secured. On this occasion our loss Was about SU men, .killed "and wounded: -4 omitted to hays that the tut o French Frigates,- hoth laden icitlt flour, took their chance of escap ing on the forenoon of the t h. They went throng!) the Windward Pais'age, keeiiiog a.little the wind to gain the shore of Gnitdalonpe. The leading .Frigate was engaged by his . . Maj Ship' Intiepid. This Frigate, however, douhltd the point. of Vieux Fort, was tollowed by the othe r i, and both escaped' into the BlAsie Terre, About the middle of the inty, yesterday the :7th,' the French Commandant, Colonel Madier, sent a Flag of .Truce to enter- into terms. They. expeNed what- we would not concede, and they ,submitted to what we were . willing ,to grant. Tliey are pii,oners of war. . I understand their nuntber to be front seven to eight hundrPd j of this, number iiO Vitatt landtal. by the Preach Squadron. '• We are to take possession of thd torts this even ing .at four . q'clock. The French-troops will be ini- Mediately 'embarked, and I shall proce44.l to carry the remainder of your Orders intocxecutiou without loss of time.. But I :mist' not .onclude toy report without doing justice to thti merits 0: those..whom I have been so halipy as to command. The Navy, have most corJi,illy s4►oporto us. Cap tain Beaver, of hi 4 M•sty's ship Aeastaa. haii creased that cliaraiaer which I know his condna at Bay Robert - , Martinique,, in your presence gained liis arrangements ant! presence of mini der lain particular!) , qual , fie4 I :r juint Captain Corthoi. of Oki , ant! Captain Malcolm of the Nalcii . sns, tnerit tbe warmest acknow. ledgetnent ; and tiiticit Oidiged to the H c ie. Captain 13 , :rtie of his 111: tjusty's Ship Dart, whcy acted on Shure, • 'llte Royal Artillery under Mojor-General Stebe lin, hive continued their usual spited monner. Jf the enemy iold.riot . eapitulatetl yesterday, we sllculd have opened a fine battery of .six mortars ; and I at', certain, from what happened at M.:rtiniqUe, our artillery would he g4en them enough an in one To Lieut.-Colonel Blab 1501 regiment', I with Pletatue acknowledge the itsOstdt)ce I have received him. He tantalized rile with an ofretio take Fort Momlle by ASSiltlit with the 13th regimont the morning of yesterday, dttrir. , adiun. Lieut. 3 c'olonel:Prevchit deserVes equal good report. Major Benders a, who commands the reserve, is oftrue soldier; and Major Alen,.ad West lurlia regiment, gallantly le d hictkick tronpi. The Staff have. all been 10.ive. Lieutenant,Co. . - . lohel Campbell, D.-puly Adjutaiii-Genral, has bee' always forward—he is•.an Oilicer who must rise from 1)$ merit. • The Hon. Captain De •Cciurey, of the Qutrter- Master-General's Department, bas s hewn an atiti vity and exertion Winch does him great credit, and proves him to be an Officer for service. Lieutenant Hobbs, Royal. E.pgincers, yields to no one •in work, a!,(1 is .in adiuntible officer for n service of this nature. The Medic3l Department has been ably conduct;a by DoE or I have ,been mach asisteil by Colonel Soler, the U pyalk a , rn3n loyalty. My (34th• &dent, %Oil have the honour totis.liver this diF.pateh to•;y(m.; be has been many years, with M 5 4 I «< t h I could get. him tie pr - ottitotion ills merit detterres. I have the Honour to be, :ix, (Signed) - F. MAITLAND, Maj.-Gen. liis ExcenanLy I:ieut, r Gencrai Becic.with, Comniandcr of the };,rcts. Aft TICIAIS of CA MU LATI . ON, .TCropoSerl by Colonel Mather, Nlintiber of the legsun of Honour, Commandant Of . all t 11 ;;' aainr,, to M*(4:4l l Crai ii g thg ut Ilk 4ortanioldajesty, and Captain , /lea. ver, or His Nlajesty's Ship Acasta, Senior riaval Officer. Lieutenant Colonel Campbell, Deputy Adjutant- General, and Captain.hlercier, of the tititb-Itegt meut, in the service' of France, being appointed Cdrnmissioneri, agreed upon the following terms A• - rticle 1. Ali the troops shalt march out with all the ho notirsrif War. /I I They shall be priaort,rs of war and conveyed to Eng brit. lilt. The Officers shall equally he consilered as prisoners Of War upon their par Oles of honour, to he transpotted to England until excharigetli They shall retain their swords. ADA.,:pc I, il,,4fitt t El, slontod.- • To Oc carried: J .oo ,exciattion between twelve and four o'clock. ' 4 rips to,kije_posire49Awr.ide of that:Lin:rent Forts, and the troop i to inimv,liatety . aVter, twcir 4 3s tv.Or bagzage. Aoswer:- Orante,.l. tiolvet t : OA, klio main thalr privatc baggage,. dkOsr:At • • . . , .. , .. ~ .. %rt- All the Oir.ters legularly elliiiicv,i ii, 'll - i'.; 'Adaiinir tratton."an I ,Iletlic,ll Otticer§; stLell not Iv . .!i/ns4tielred as ptii .4aners. of war ; they *hall he sent Id G Laity just; wita mei/. , . Priv4e. bakzage . . . Answer. • (.ranted. ' . . , VIII. 'Private Property shalt be respelled, and th e inhatli: tants shall return to their ltousi*., , 5 ,... A fiswer..—A l l inhalikiarits possessing property, in the Saints. who are' riot soldiers it the' eervice ot Frdnec; may leturn to their , houses, and shall' nrit lie irmlefbted as icnig RI v.cy rob. f.. , rrxi to. the La.wspf the. col on y. All Private Property shall be retpct.l.M, and every indiel , . dual treated with the sari:: liberality ini,t Aood liith of the British Nation. VI I I. Whatever is doubtful fn' these . . afticiet cf 611itula tion. shall 1.. v corisipied in layour tbitioluoit,tuzs.,- Answer. —Gratited. 0.1)DITIONA1: ARTICLE. An (1I FerOr artillery anti one civil officer shall ho appoint. , ed from each side, who will meet at this:.apot ro-inorroW morning at K o'cbck,iil order to take list of ali military stores and ntii.:r public proprrty. Tkay sliail br givenpr ce icly i !k the state they. are if', this mormiltr: Sehicribetaw 4t the Saints, the 17th thy bf April, 113,7,g. ( * Signed) N. CAIIPIifiLL, Col. awl Den. Adj MERCIER, CApt. 66111 Reg?. • Ratified (Signed) FRED. MAITLAND, Major. General. P. 13EAV ER; Captain ot kis firi.ijesty's Ship .Acalta,'"and senior 0 fiker at tit,: Saints. . (Signed) M. MA DlEk i Cumnaand4nt les Islcs des Saintes. ieturn of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army un der Major-General Maitland at the Saints from Lttli to ' xith April iS:g. 3d Batt. 6:,tli !text. —I officer, t rat.k and file, killed; i °ill. cer, i 6 rank and tile wounded. . York Light I.iitantry Voltmtvers.—Vank and file wounded.. .Royal York, it , ingers- t rank and file kilted; officer, 24 rank and tilt., woupiled. • • , 3d West 111,114 - I rank and file killed; 2 serjrants, Drummer, 13 rank. -afattile, wounded ; t rank .incl tilt missing. • . Ditto -t of rank and file killed • i officer, 7 rank and file wounded. Total.--2 officers, 4 rank and file killed - ; orficers, 2. serjcants, z drummer, tia , tank and tile, wounded; t calk and file ntiscin,;. N. S. The.otiker of tide 6012 returned ki!!, , d, is Captain Dolling, who foil train a , precipice, and was :bond dead two or threedays after.'• The oilicer kale(' of ti►c Bth Nest Intiii ttginient,. is Litatteltant juhitCto4lot:. • RcturnolOnitrocnancl Seoul fmnd th.l Saws, at FORT ' I • • ,I ron Guns. Serviceable eigitteen.poutittgrou a G:trri§on Carriage. ,• 4 .S!rviceabie t‘vetve..polutth rs on (qtr.). Srfir!Celble tour-pounder c.ti (CM), ' 3 Servietablebix.pottndern tield earviagt-s. 3 z`e(viceabte fottr.poittuintili:oll ship c;ltrpses. 3 Sntvictible zh rev.poiindcrs on ditto, , , lirasi Guns and 110%1i22m I Servicable Isnwltzci . ; t ha cdri-LAge unscrviceible. Servkciablc tour.Ntincier.gun; carnAge. Unserviceabit. ' Brass and Iran NI.): tars. • • So.rviceattk.:Englislieikla-incli, . Service.ale 1 Nall inch, (lismounictle., Xrpaiiable Shunt. 55 . Serviceable thirteen inch, 4 Setyi6eabia eight-inch. sae Serviceable seven And half-inch,. t; Ss Serviceable five und 71$ Serviceable twelve.poundets„ ~• 9 ,•ServiCeable six-pattuderi. , 4* Serviceable tbyr.pounders. .p.Servieetable , tliree:poutatcrs. ' • 57.Scrvice-Ibic bariels of powder.' 711 Serviceable muskets. • 4,, Seiviceab:e.pL:l,..,ii. too servicea t: bit A 'lout siv c:uks pt lir ab . l l; e ll i t t ' tsk t ball cartridges. 5 Kegs of surviceabl,:Mtv.ket FOR'X' MORELLE. I roo(;yos. , • a Serviecable•tweet y. t:mr-ptiltiderd. Srviee4ble,lpur-pottoder. Scrvice4ble three•puoder. , . • Servieea 3 t&Yleti wort tr.` . • • 40 Serviceable shells for ditto. Shot :a aervii.eahle tiveliry-tiir pounders. is Barrels of servmeable powder. PINT BATTERY. SerViceabliz iron eight potindcrs, mounted. FokT ISLE I'. lrut (:uni. s e crv i ccA bi e twenty: four pounders. I, Serviceable t welve.potin,lex: t.Service.thle, - i six -rounder. Serviceable' three-polltldet. Brass atottars, the Beds repairable. r Serviceable eight inch. r Serviceable seven and So Barrels a serviLeable ininiket ball cartridges. 16,000 Serviceable musket cartridges. • Sainte Triwn Niagazine. I 2. Barrels of serrieeahlepowder. (SlAiled) RDWA R D STEHELIN. brigadier-Gem:1;11, lloyal Artillery. Downing? Sired, Juni 2, 1809. A Dispatch, Of which the following ; is n copy►, wits thilt day received by. Lord Viscount Castlereagh. 'One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutettant-General 'the Right Hon. Sir ,Ar thur Wellesley,. K. B. , • My LOAD, • Monte Alegre, May tg, . When I deterrnineci upon the expedition to the North of Portugal, against Marshal Souk, I . was in hopes that the Portuguese General Stivierq,: would be able to hold .his post upon the ri'amaga, till he should be rvinforced ; by which, and by the pnasei- Men of Chaves, the etleiny' ) 4 - rArca t: t wotild hbv tv., ,, 0p cot • tili t tripktAiiig ne.rtios ; intended, if NllCCelif: t tic pabitige et- that Over, would, beco itopravi- Cable. . ` - ThelOß4 of, the bridqe of Amman;lie, however, on the .9d Instant, 'laltefed pr-.-kipels,., -I had no , , 11 opgF 113 t eaarsf . ue..t marl:heti anwards It e uppnr pa t cif the .De' raoalim sth, lit Or ri vesi atLatnegotanth4t tothi.woirld , b4 wave t‘a mate than cenrine th,.? enomy o thatisideotild hi t e to relit,: Cll4“ts into GAliciai, radar than by Real into Ca‘,6lle, - General Beresfor4, however, -having olallled We, enemy's posts •at Real, -and. , lll a.satt Viit6 , ol, to fall Lick with some 'loss, aid - baying . crossvd the Dann), ,tirov.e in General • 141sotes outposts at the, bridge of Arnaranthe and again acquired possession • .of the left Bank of the Tikinaga on .the•.tw Olin, the day on which the corps tinder my command forced th e p a s i a t a of the putty() an Oporto. • 'l4ot9Ont retired trotu tiniaranthe. on the morning •of. the fioon as he had h3.x:ird of the event% Oporto of the preceding day, tui(l Jae lit: adv.inee,_} guatd of the 'French army as a short. distance, ttoor the town, which General Bercstordiinmediatc:y Gt r ;. copied. f I was unable to commence the pursuit of the ene.• my , till the rtiGrning of the 13111; when the Llano voriao Legion rraea.l •M Vilonga, tinder tjor. G o „ ern i, M ur ray,. Chi that evening, I wiel infOrmed t' , at the cry:my had in the morniog destioyeda l gritto p - ro d oTtiovi.of his cannon in. the neighbottritendpf n 1434 . 1 tliet - ,10.1‘11) it2titc.qi towtmls Ti;i ; :. appeared to be the probable result of The iG~ 1 'S .0 1- a^ . . - et: 10; • t 01 I .l lo ' l ") y or, , 30 3 , r / Ch°s - its 1 Ili° ibc odo r ' r";,1 d": of o'!° 111 11 tiS . • 14 0 y I •`C•• 3'.